Araneomorph Funnel Web Spider

Araneomorph Funnel Web Spider

This is a common grass spider, one of the family of funnel web spiders called araneomorphs. The grass spider is an extremely widespread North American spider. It builes its web in a funnel shape and retreats down the hole to await its prey.
Shot with a Nikon D80 and a 55mm AIS macro lens.


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